Southern Mines to Stop Today
All collieries on the Southern field will be idle today, when aggregate meetings will be held…
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Mining & the mines, 1952
395 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 20
Spine Injured by Fall of Coal
A miner received injuries to the spine yesterday, in the Nebo mine when he was struck by a fall of coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Oppose Glen Davis Closure
The closing of the Glen Davis shale oil plant was described as a "national betrayal at the behest of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Prosperity If Federation Would Help, Says Cochran
SYDNEY, Wed—Chairman of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. S. F. Cochran) said tonight he believed if…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Miners Could Have Bought Glen Davis Plant with Wages Lost in Protests"
SYDNEY, Thurs.— New South Wales mineworkers could have leased the Glen Davis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Camp for Girls
Twenty girls from, the Wollongong district will attend the Joint Coal Board's annual camp from August…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Support For Glen Davis Miners
A special meeting of the South Coast Labor Council, including job delegates, will be held on Wednesday night for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Attendances At Miners' Meetings
Lees than 500 of the mineworkers on the Southern Coalfields attended last Thursday's aggregate meetings to protest against the closure of Glen Davis. The motion of protest was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal From the Greta Seam
ABOUT three-quarters of the power for Australian industry comes from coal—mainly black coal, mined substantially…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Southern Miners Membership Books Reopened
The Southern District of the Miners' Federation yesterday re-opened its membership books, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Damage to Collieries
Joint Coal Board engineers are carrying out investigations to determine the extent of damage to South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Shunter Injured
A shunter at Old Bulli Colliery suffered a fractured pelvis when he was caught between a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blackouts Stop Mine
Ald. Strachan said at the Council meeting last night blackouts at Excelsior colliery had resulted in work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Situation
Britain's output of coal in 1951 of nearly 223 million tons was 7.8. million tons greater than in the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miner Injured in Nebo Mine
A miner was injured in Nebo mine yesterday when a roof prop fell on him. He was John Hogg, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Accident
A 25 years old miner suffered a fractured right leg on Tuesday afternoon, when an iron roofing prop fell on him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Continuous Miner" On Trial At Huntley Colliery
The Miners' Federation has agreed to allow a continuous mining machine to be used for [?] short trial period at the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Board Plant Sales
SYDNEY, Wed.—The Joint Coal Board has sold about £900,000 worth of plant and machinery to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Measures to Stop Dust in Bulli Mine
A new wetting agency for the suppression of dust will be used in Bulli Colliery shortly in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Managers Examination
At the examination for Certificates of Competency as Manager and Under-Manager under the Coal Mines Regulation Act…
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